Hitting - Bat Angle Drill

20141114_06_Doherty_Bat AngleAre you having trouble with a long swing? Is your swing becoming longer? Are you being told that you're having a long swing? I'm Tim Doherty with insidebaseball.com. I have a simple drill, simple tip for you, using two tees. You simply want to be able to take the tee as you would normally put the baseball on there as normal. The back tee, you want to put it up as high as you can. Put it in a position that's even with your back foot. What we want to do is we want to be able to take our hands to the baseball in front without handing the tee in the back with our barrel. Take your stride. And you want to practice bringing your hands inside of this back tee to the baseball on the front tee without making contact back here. A long swing, barrel hits the tee. A short, compact swing which we're all trying to achieve will bring your hands directly to the ball in front. Let me demonstrate one for you. Tee, back foot. Get into the stance. Stride. Again, taking my hands directly to the ball in front without hitting the tee on the backside. For me, this drill has helped many, many players, even in the professional level, understand a short, compact swing. I'm Tim Doherty with insidebaseball.com.

you may also like

About The
Instructor

Tim Doherty began his hitting coaching career at Oral Roberts University in 1989, then was hitting coach at Seminole Junior College from 1990 to 1992. In 1993, he became an assistant coach with the University of Southwestern Louisiana and from 1994 to 1997 was at Southwest Texas State University.
Doherty coached nine seasons with Kansas City T-Bones of the American Association (2003 - 11), serving as their hitting coach from 2003 - 09 and their manager from 2010-2011. Doherty assisted Boston Red Sox hitting coach Dave Magadan in 2012. In 2013 Tim coached the International League MVP, IL Rookie of the Year and Baseball America's Triple-A Player of the Year, Chris Colabello. He has also served as an associate scout for the Cleveland Indians. More Videos of Tim Doherty